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Neoptychites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Neoptychites Kossmat
1965Hemitissotia (Betiokytes) Collignon p. 56
1979Neoptychites Kennedy and Wright pp. 666-669
1982Neoptychites Chancellor p. 113
1983Neoptychites Cobban and Hook p. 14
1987Neoptychites Kennedy et al. p. 56
1987Neoptychites Zaborski p. 43
1989Neoptychites Meister p. 12
1992Neoptychites Summesberger p. 116
1994Neoptychites Meister et al. p. 206
2002Neoptychites Sepkoski
2005Neoptychites Bulot et al. p. 458
2008Neoptychites Aly et al. p. 49
2008Neoptychites Kennedy et al. p. 159
2009Neoptychites Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy
2016Neoptychites Kennedy and Gale p. 281
2017Neoptychites Benzaggagh et al. p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusNeoptychitesKossmat 1895

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Neoptychites Kossmat 1895
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Subg. †Neoptychites (Neoptychites) Kossmat 1895
†Neoptychites cephalotus Courtiller 1860
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Invalid names: Ammonites santonensis d'Orbigny 1850 [replaced], Ammonites xetra Stoliczka 1865 [synonym], Neoptychites crassus Solger 1904 [synonym], Neoptychites gourguechoni Pervinquiere 1907 [synonym], Neoptychites telinga Stolickza 1865 [synonym], Neoptychites telingaeformis Solger 1904 [synonym], Neoptychites transitorius Renz 1982 [synonym], Neoptychites xetriformis Pervinquiére 1907 [synonym], Pachydiscus africanus Peron 1889 [synonym], Pulchellia perovalis von Koenen 1897 [synonym]
†Neoptychites hottingeri Collignon 1967
Invalid names: Betiokytes Collignon 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2648.217.896.052.217.6
shell diameter2692.634.2170.098.536.2
shell inflation268.782.0018.010.04.60

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Coniacian or 93.90000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Nigeria N. cephalotus (175537)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Spain N. cephalotus (186917 186924 187011 187013)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Morocco N. cephalotus, N. hottingeri (175005)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico N. xetriformis (73576)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) N. cephalotus (87805 87809)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France N. cephalotus (82852 174895)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Venezuela (Trujillo) N. xetriformis (88036)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Niger N. cephalotus (175486)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Cameroon N. crassus, N. telingaeformis (209685) N. crassus, N. telingaeformis, N. perovalis (82784) N. perovalis (209654) N. sp., N. telingaeformis, N. perovalis (209684) N. telingaeformis (3814 209679) Pulchellia perovalis (191895 209694)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Algeria N. cephalotus (236199 236204)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria N. cephalotus (69503 69507) N. telingaeformis (82787)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Colorado) N. cephalotus (230903) N. cephalotus, N. xetriformis (87872)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Colombia N. transatlanticus (233826)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Jordan N. cephalotus (178494 178507)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) N. sp. (80991)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Romania N. sp. (73516)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil (Sergipe) N. cephalotus (143069 143100 143131)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Arizona) N. cephalotus (55979)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Venezuela N. transitorius (88077)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tunisia N. cephalotus (88843 88846 88847 88850 88854 88855 161139 161143 161151) N. pioti (161124) N. pioti, N. cephalotus (161141)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8India (Tamil Nadu) N. cephalotus (46391)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt N. cephalotus (140588 140621)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) N. sp. (88255)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil N. cephalotus (140889)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Morocco N. cephalotus (184449)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Chihuahua) N. cephalotus, N. xetriformis, N. gourguechoni (38965) N. sp. (38967)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tunisia N. cephalotus (88856)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Charente-Maritime) N. cephalotus (174905)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil (Sergipe) N. cephalotus (143149)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) N. sp. (178721)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France N. cephalotus (178856)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil N. cephalotus (144394)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Austria N. cephalotus (175575)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Cameroon N. telingaeformis (209687)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Cameroon N. sp. (209669)